Timbriada

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Tymbrias ( Greek  Τιμβρίαδα ) or Tymbriada ( Τυμβρίαδα ), also Timbrias ( Τιμβρίας ) or Tymbrias ( Τυμβριάς ), was an ancient city in the northeastern Anatolian landscape Pisidia . It was located near the source of the Eurymedon in the area of ​​today's Turkish İlçe Aksu in the province of Isparta , perhaps near the village of Akcaşar.

According to Strabo, Timbriada appeared in a list of the Pisidian cities by Artemidore of Ephesus . Some of the town's inscriptions have been preserved. They show that Timbriada was a full-fledged Greek polis in Roman times and, for example, sent embassies to the emperor in Rome.

In 2nd / 3rd In the 19th century, Timbriada also minted its own coins, which, among other things, showed the river god Eurymedon. A sanctuary was dedicated to this deity, which was located above the river in front of a cave and some remains of which have been preserved, including a bridge over the Eurymedon. A monumental staircase led from the bridge to the sanctuary. A marble statue was found near the cave which, according to the base inscription, represented the god Eurymedon. More recent excavations at the cave concerned the sanctuary of a mother goddess from the 2nd century.

In late antiquity the city was the seat of a Christian bishop. The titular bishopric of Tymbrias of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .

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  1. ^ Durmuş Kaya, Stephen Mitchell: The sanctuary of the god Eurymedon at Tymbriada in Pisidia . In: Anatolian Studies . Volume 35, 1985, pp. 41-42 . For localization also Claude Brixhe, Thomas Drew-Bear, Durmuş Kaya: Nouveaux monuments de Pisidie . In: Kadmos . tape 16 , 1987, pp. 122–170, especially pp. 126–127 (not viewed).
  2. ↑ Strabon 12, 7, 1 ( English translation ).
  3. ^ Durmuş Kaya, Stephen Mitchell: The sanctuary of the god Eurymedon at Tymbriada in Pisidia . In: Anatolian studies . Volume 35, 1985, pp. 51-55 .
  4. ^ Durmuş Kaya, Stephen Mitchell: The sanctuary of the god Eurymedon at Tymbriada in Pisidia . In: Anatolian studies . Volume 35, 1985, pp. 42-51 .
  5. ↑ Gephyra . Volume 2, 2005, pp. 95-113 (not viewed). Inscriptions: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG) 55, no. 1447–1449.

Coordinates: 37 ° 49 '  N , 31 ° 1'  E